Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin visited Song Qiuya to inspect the finished gold jewelry, brought her homegrown cherry tomatoes, and asked for help finding a design firm for his countryside resort expansion. Song Qiuya was impressed by his plans and called Chen Shuting, a contact connected to Yicheng Construction Group.

• Chen Lin drove to Zhou Xiaofu jewelry store after Song Qiuya told him the gold jewelry was ready.
• Chen Yao welcomed Chen Lin and led him to Song Qiuya's office, where he surprised her with a hug.
• Chen Lin inspected two sets of gold jewelry and a gold pig, and Song Qiuya refused payment for the work.
• Chen Lin gave Song Qiuya cherry tomatoes, which she found extraordinarily delicious.
• Chen Lin told Song Qiuya he planned to build a Water Restaurant, water park, and fishing center at his countryside guesthouse.
• Song Qiuya thought of her customer Chen Shuting, whose husband owned Yicheng Construction Group, and called her.

Chen Lin commissioned Chen Shuting to design a solid, pile-supported restaurant and water park, then took Song Qiuya shopping and bought her a 418,000-yuan watch. Wang Lida mocked Chen Lin's wealth, but Chen Lin paid for the watch in front of him, leaving Wang Lida stunned.

• Chen Lin rejected Chen Shuting's floating-platform proposal and asked her team to survey the reservoir for a pile-supported design, agreeing that she would visit the site the morning after tomorrow.
• Chen Lin took Song Qiuya to Vacheron Constantin and chose a moonphase watch from the Traditionnelle Collection for her.
• Wang Lida and his girlfriend confronted Chen Lin, mocked his background, and claimed he could not afford the 418,000-yuan watch.
• Chen Lin ignored Wang Lida's insults, paid for the watch with his black bank card, and left Wang Lida speechless.

Chen Lin and Song Qiuya spent the day shopping and dining together, growing closer as they held hands through the city. The evening turned intimate when Chen Lin massaged Song Qiuya’s aching feet in a riverside park, while his hand began sliding up her ankle.

• Wang Lida left the watch shop in humiliation after Chen Lin bought Song Qiuya an expensive watch.
• Song Qiuya blocked the saleswoman from getting Chen Lin’s contact and then bought him three Gucci outfits for 130,000 yuan.
• Chen Lin and Song Qiuya ate hotpot at Haidilao and walked hand in hand through a riverside park.
• Chen Lin briefly sensed someone watching them, but saw nothing unusual when he turned around.
• Song Qiuya sat down to rest her aching feet, and Chen Lin removed her heels and began massaging her foot.
• As Song Qiuya blushed and tried to hide her embarrassment, Chen Lin’s free hand began moving up her ankle.

After Song Qiuya fled from Chen Lin’s advances, he returned to the village and found a Storage Bag containing spirit stones, Spirit Spring Water, and a cultivation manual. He began practicing the Everlasting Spring Art with a spirit stone, just as two black minivans arrived at his courtyard.

• Chen Lin touched Song Qiuya’s leg and drew her into his arms, but she shoved him away and called him a rascal before fleeing the park.
• Chen Lin followed Song Qiuya to her apartment building, then returned to his courtyard and entered the sealed space to search a fresh pile of trash.
• Chen Lin found an ownerless Storage Bag and used his Taiyin Inner Force to open it before placing it in his Storage Ring.
• Chen Lin emptied the bag and discovered six bottles of Spirit Spring Water, spirit stones, and the Everlasting Spring Art.
• Chen Lin tried practicing the Everlasting Spring Art without success, then used a spirit stone and began drawing Spiritual Energy into his dantian.
• Two black minivans entered Chen Family Village and drove toward Chen Lin’s courtyard.

Chen Lin welcomed food influencers Two Hundred Is Also and Tang Renjie to his farm restaurant and scrambled to prepare for the crowds their visit might attract. After tasting the food on their joint livestream, both influencers declared it extraordinary, sending their combined viewership surging.

• Two Hundred Is Also and Tang Renjie arrived at Chen Lin's restaurant and unexpectedly encountered each other.
• Chen Lin told Chen Guofu to hire more workers, arrange a large shelter, and order thirty tables and chairs to handle the expected crowds.
• The influencers agreed to share a table and livestream their meal, quickly drawing more than a hundred thousand viewers each.
• Uncle Qin and Aunt Zhang served a succession of fish dishes, and both influencers fell silent as they tasted the food.
• Tang Renjie said he was unqualified to judge the dishes and claimed their ingredients surpassed even those used for state banquets, prompting a flood of comments and viewers.

Tang Renjie discovered that Chen Lin’s homegrown ingredients were extraordinarily fresh and flavorful, then took over the kitchen to cook four fish dishes with them. After tasting his own creations, Tang Renjie was stunned by how delicious they were.

• Tang Renjie asked Chen Lin where the ingredients came from and learned that the fish and vegetables were raised or grown on-site.
• In the kitchen, Tang Renjie and Two Hundred Is Also marveled at the fish’s fresh aroma and the sweet, crisp taste of raw carrots and cabbage.
• Tang Renjie asked Chen Lin to let him cook with the ingredients, and Chen Lin agreed.
• Tang Renjie prepared sweet and sour carp, blanched sharp-snout fish slices, grass carp sashimi, and clay pot fish head soup while the onlookers watched.
• Chen Lin and Two Hundred Is Also tasted the dishes, and Tang Renjie froze after tasting his own sweet and sour carp, amazed by its flavor.

After Tang Renjie was moved to tears by his cooking and asked to stay as Chen Lin’s cook, Chen Lin refused and later leased Chen Family Village’s reservoir. Chen Lin agreed to pay Mang Village’s steep price for its reservoir and fish, then returned to find an unfamiliar young woman among the new helpers.

• Tang Renjie was moved to tears by his sweet-and-sour carp and asked Chen Lin to let him stay and work as a cook, but Chen Lin firmly refused.
• Tang Renjie and Two Hundred Is Also returned to their hotel, while some visitors headed to the backyard fish pond.
• Chen Lin learned that Chen Guoguang had prepared the lease for Chen Family Village’s twenty mu of reservoir, signed a twenty-year contract, and paid three hundred thousand yuan upfront.
• Chen Guoguang told Chen Lin that Li Youtian demanded eighty thousand yuan a year and that Chen Lin buy all one hundred thousand jin of fish to lease Mang Village’s reservoir; Chen Lin agreed to the terms.
• Chen Lin returned to the restaurant with Chen Guofu and found six women waiting to help, including a striking young woman who stood nervously with her head lowered.

Chen Lin reunited with Li Xiaoyue, the woman he had rescued as a girl, and learned how hardship had left her timid and isolated. He gave her a job managing his farmstay’s accounts, then used his kittens to comfort her, leaving her with a brief but genuine smile.

• Chen Lin recognized Li Xiaoyue among the women Chen Guofu had brought to help at the farmstay.
• Chen Lin remembered rescuing Li Xiaoyue from a reservoir and how her abusive in-laws had confined her after her husband died.
• Chen Lin offered Li Xiaoyue the job of managing his accounts for ten thousand a month, and insisted she accept despite her doubts.
• Chen Lin called Clear Wind and Bright Moon over to Li Xiaoyue, and the kittens comforted her until she smiled faintly.

After Two Hundred Is Also and Tang Renjie’s livestreams drew a huge crowd to Chen Lin’s Farmhouse Courtyard, Chen Lin took charge of the overwhelmed restaurant and resolved to expand. The influencers encouraged him to build a larger restaurant and a guesthouse, leaving him determined to grow the business.

• Visitors flooded Chen Lin’s courtyard after the livestreams, and Li Xiaoyue struggled to take orders and calculate bills.
• Chen Lin stepped in to handle the crowd and corrected Li Xiaoyue’s mistaken bill, impressing her with his calm and reliability.
• Two Hundred Is Also and Tang Renjie returned at five, attracting fans and restarting their livestreams together.
• The influencers served tea instead of alcohol to fans who offered them toasts, following livestream rules.
• Two Hundred Is Also and Tang Renjie urged Chen Lin to expand the restaurant and open a guesthouse, and Chen Lin committed to expanding after seeing them off.

Chen Lin delegated the farmstay’s guest services to Chen Guofu, Liu Shuqin, and Li Xiaoyue, then reviewed the Water Restaurant’s survey results with Chen Shuting’s construction team. Despite a projected cost exceeding sixty million, he hired Chen Shuting’s company and demanded completion within three months.

• Chen Lin made Chen Guofu and Liu Shuqin responsible for guest services and named Li Xiaoyue the general manager in charge of money and bookkeeping.
• Chen Shuting arrived with Yicheng Construction Group’s surveyors, and Chen Lin accompanied them as they surveyed the reservoir.
• A survey engineer reported that the site had a stable bedrock foundation, while a designer estimated that piling alone would cost fifteen million and the whole project would exceed sixty million.
• Chen Lin asked whether Yicheng Construction Group had experience building over water, and Chen Shuting confirmed that it did.
• Chen Lin entrusted Chen Shuting with the Water Restaurant’s design, approvals, construction, and finishing, added ten million to the budget, and required completion within three months.

Chen Lin secured Mang Village’s reservoir and fish for his Water Restaurant project, then watched the Farmhouse Courtyard earn 93,855 yuan in a single day. He rewarded the exhausted workers and reassured Li Xiaoyue that he would protect her from now on.

• Chen Lin and Chen Shuting signed a contract giving Yicheng Construction Group full authority over the project.
• Chen Lin arranged a twenty-year lease of Mang Village’s reservoir and purchase of its fish, transferring Li Youtian 2.2 million yuan after Li signed the contract.
• Chen Guofu angrily called Li Youtian and Li Hongwei greedy, but Chen Lin said the reservoir’s fish would become valuable once raised on Spirit Spring Water.
• Tang Renjie and Two Hundred Is Also’s livestream drew more than two hundred guests to the Farmhouse Courtyard, where Li Xiaoyue calculated 93,855 yuan in daily revenue.
• Chen Lin gave Uncle Qin and the aunties 500-yuan bonuses and pressed a 1,000-yuan red envelope on Li Xiaoyue, promising that no one would bully her again.

Chen Lin learned that the Everlasting Spring Art had heightened his vision and hearing, then picked up his cousin Chen Qianqian and her roommate Zhang Ruoxi from Yicheng Railway Station. As he drove them toward Chen Family Village, a flashy SU7 Ultra sped past and caught Chen Qianqian’s attention.

• Liu Shuqin told Chen Lin that Chen Qianqian would arrive the next morning, and Chen Lin discovered her angry messages after charging his phone.
• Chen Lin used the Everlasting Spring Art and found he could see fine details from far away and hear Gadwall’s heartbeat.
• Chen Lin found Li Xiaoyue already cleaning outside the restaurant and accepted her insistence on earning her pay through hard work.
• Chen Lin met Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi at Yicheng Railway Station, where Chen Qianqian teased him about his appearance and demanded a treat.
• Chen Lin drove Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi toward Chen Family Village after they bought milk tea and a sundae, and an SU7 Ultra roared past their car.

Chen Lin rushed to a crashed electric car and used his extraordinary strength to tear open its doors and rescue all three unconscious passengers before the vehicle exploded. He carried the last woman away from the fireball as Chen Qianqian, Zhang Ruoxi, and the bystanders watched in shock.

• Chen Lin heard an ominous electrical sizzling from the crashed SU7 Ultra and ordered Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi to stay in the car while he ran to help.
• Chen Lin broke the passenger window, ripped the door open, and handed the unconscious passenger to Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi.
• Chen Lin rescued a red-haired woman from the driver's seat, then tore off the rear door to reach the final passenger as flames spread beneath the car.
• Chen Lin carried the last unconscious woman out of the burning car and covered her with his shirt after her dress caught fire.
• The SU7 Ultra exploded less than ten meters behind Chen Lin as he carried the woman away, leaving the onlookers stunned.

After Chen Lin rescued three people from a burning car, he reunited with Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi and brought them to Chen Family Village. They arrived at the Farmhouse Courtyard, where the huge lunch crowd left both girls stunned and hungry.

• Chen Lin pulled three unconscious people from a burning car, and Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi checked that he was unharmed.
• Chen Qianqian demanded to know how Chen Lin had become so strong, then recalled that he had tricked her into eating a lemon when she was eight.
• Firefighters, police, and paramedics arrived; Chen Lin helped load the casualties into ambulances and gave the traffic police his account of the crash.
• Chen Lin drove Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi to Chen Guofu's house to unload their luggage, then took them to the Farmhouse Courtyard.
• Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi found the courtyard packed with diners sharing tables, and Zhang Ruoxi blushed when Chen Lin noticed her stomach rumbling.

Chen Lin brought Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi to his family’s restaurant, where Liu Shuqin set aside a meal for them. The girls were overwhelmed by Chen Lin’s delicious cooking and eagerly ate, leaving Chen Lin to watch them enjoy the food.

• Chen Lin led Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi through the crowded restaurant and past Li Xiaoyue at the register.
• Chen Qianqian recognized Li Xiaoyue as the girl who had helped Chen Lin with his homework and chores when they were children.
• Liu Shuqin welcomed Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi, then asked the kitchen to prepare six dishes and soup for them before serving other customers.
• Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi tasted Chen Lin’s dishes and were amazed by the fish and soup.
• Chen Qianqian abandoned her manners and eagerly sampled the food, while Zhang Ruoxi relaxed and joined her.

Chen Lin took Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi shopping in Yicheng, buying them anime merchandise and expensive clothes. Zhang Ruoxi gave Chen Lin a belt to thank him, and their playful teasing was interrupted by a call from Song Qiuya.

• After their meal, Chen Qianqian took Zhang Ruoxi home to rest and asked Chen Lin to take them shopping the next day.
• Chen Lin drove Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi to a mall, where Chen Qianqian bought anime merchandise and tried on clothes.
• Chen Lin chose a pale blue dress for Zhang Ruoxi and bought it along with the clothes Chen Qianqian had tried on.
• Zhang Ruoxi bought Chen Lin a belt with her saved allowance, and Chen Lin thanked her by putting it on.
• Chen Qianqian teased Zhang Ruoxi about falling for Chen Lin, and Chen Lin received a call from Song Qiuya.

Chen Lin visited Song Qiuya’s jewelry store with Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi, where his cousin’s teasing exposed the romantic tension among them. Song Qiuya invited Chen Lin on a camping trip to Heavenly Pillar Mountain, and Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi joined them.

• Chen Lin took Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi to Song Qiuya’s Zhou Xiaofu store after Song Qiuya called him.
• Chen Qianqian called Song Qiuya her sister-in-law, and Chen Lin introduced Song Qiuya as his girlfriend.
• Song Qiuya welcomed the girls and straightened Chen Lin’s collar, leaving Zhang Ruoxi self-conscious about the belt she had given him.
• Song Qiuya invited Chen Lin to hike and camp at Heavenly Pillar Mountain the next day.
• Chen Qianqian asked to join the trip and brought Zhang Ruoxi along, while Song Qiuya offered to arrange the outdoor gear.

Mad Mule learned that Chen Lin and Song Qiuya planned to camp at Heavenly Pillar Mountain and prepared to target them there. Chen Lin brought Clear Wind and Bright Moon along, and the group settled into a peaceful camp in a secluded valley, where Song Qiuya froze after tasting his grilled fish.

• Mad Mule, driven by revenge for A Yong and his other fallen men, heard through a listening device that Chen Lin and Song Qiuya would camp at Heavenly Pillar Mountain and decided the remote mountains were an ideal place to attack.
• Chen Lin agreed to take Clear Wind and Bright Moon on the trip, and he and Chen Qianqian picked up Zhang Ruoxi and Song Qiuya before driving toward the mountain.
• The group left the tourist route and camped beside a stream in a secluded valley, where Chen Lin quickly set up the campsite and built a fire.
• As the others played and relaxed, Chen Lin produced cleaned fish and grilled them over the campfire with seasonings he had brought.
• Chen Qianqian and Zhang Ruoxi loved the grilled fish, while Song Qiuya froze after taking a bite and recognizing its taste.

Chen Lin realized that armed attackers had ambushed the campsite and protected Song Qiuya, Chen Qianqian, and Zhang Ruoxi as the assault began. Clear Wind and Bright Moon disabled two attackers with illusions, but a third fired at Chen Lin, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Song Qiuya recognized the fish as the kind served at Peach Blossom Island Restaurant and confronted Chen Lin about being its secret supplier.
• Mad Mule and his two accomplices watched the group from the woods and prepared to attack the campsite.
• Chen Lin sensed danger, and Clear Wind and Bright Moon told him that three men smelling of blood were approaching.
• Mad Mule ordered the masked, gun-wielding attackers to charge and told them to leave Chen Lin alive.
• Chen Lin shoved Song Qiuya, Chen Qianqian, and Zhang Ruoxi behind him, while Clear Wind and Bright Moon used illusions to confuse two attackers.
• The unaffected third attacker aimed his pistol at Chen Lin and fired.

Chen Lin defeated three armed robbers, then took a bullet meant for Chen Qianqian, Zhang Ruoxi, and Song Qiuya before killing Mad Mule. The women and Clear Wind and Bright Moon gathered around his wounded shoulder to help him.

• Chen Lin disarmed and crippled one robber, then knocked out the other two while Clear Wind and Bright Moon's illusions held them.
• Chen Lin sensed Mad Mule hiding in the woods as Mad Mule raised his gun toward the tent.
• Chen Lin intercepted Mad Mule's shot with his shoulder, shielding Chen Qianqian, Zhang Ruoxi, and Song Qiuya.
• Chen Lin rushed to Mad Mule and killed him by breaking his neck.
• Chen Qianqian, Zhang Ruoxi, and Song Qiuya rushed to Chen Lin, and Clear Wind and Bright Moon offered to heal him.